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Laura Coltofean

/ˈlɔːrə coltofean/

Archaeologist and historian

Academic and technical editor

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I am an academic and technical editor, archaeologist, and historian. Scholarly publishing, writing, and research are among my greatest passions. I see them as creative processes through which we express our unique essence as individuals and researchers in the world. I am here to elevate your writing and help your voice stand out in the competitive world of scholarly research and publishing.

I have 13 years of experience in academic publishing and research. I am one of the editors of the Open Access book series HotAcademia published with Sidestone Press, and assistant editor of the volume series Themes in Contemporary Archaeology published by Springer in collaboration with the European Association of Archaeologists.

I have published books with Oxford University Press, Springer, Routledge, Oxbow Books, and Sidestone Press. I love working in international and multicultural teams, and I have carried out publication and research projects with cross-disciplinary stakeholders from Europe, North and Latin America, and South-East Asia. I have also had the experience of living, working, and studying in five countries – Germany, Sweden, Spain, Hungary, and Romania.

Read more about my experience in academic publishing and research here.

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Editorial services

  • Developmental editing (edited volumes, authored books, research articles)
  • Copyediting

  • Proofreading

  • Book proposal development

  • Book project management


Areas of expertise

  • Archaeology

  • History

  • Heritage studies

  • Gender studies

Books I've edited

Connecting People and Ideas:
Networks and Networking in the History of Archaeology

Connecting People and Ideas

This book presents new research into social networks and the various networking modes that formed during the history of archaeology in distinct geographical settings in Europe, North America, and South Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The diverse range of international experts in this edited collection demonstrate that networks can be found everywhere in archaeology, making it a highly interconnected research field.

Using a wide array of examples from diverse geopolitical, cultural, and social contexts, the volume reveals how essential social networks and networking have been to the development of archaeology; to the production, transfer, exchange, and dissemination of archaeological and cross-disciplinary knowledge; and to the formation, upward mobility, barrier transcendence, research, and association of archaeological practitioners. The book is of interest to students and scholars of history of archaeology, history of science, museum studies and interdisciplinary studies.

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Archaeology offers comprehensive perspectives on the origins and developments of the discipline of archaeology and the direction of future advances in the field.

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Gender Trouble and Current Archaeological Debates

This volume challenges the status quo by addressing a selection of intensely discussed themes in contemporary archaeological practice from a gender perspective.

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Gender Stereotypes in Archaeology

An illustrated booklet deconstructing 21 commonly encountered gender stereotypes in archaeology.

 

 

 

Interdisciplinarity and Archaeology
Interdisciplinarity and Archaeology:
Scientific Interactions in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Archaeology

This book brings to light the processes that led to interdisciplinary relations in archaeology in Europe and elsewhere in the 19th and 20th centuries.